3.0.0 2838 2023-01-11T13:16:51Z 2023-01-11T13:16:51Z Senate S S 2009-12-04 111 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-12-04T22:17:24Z 2009-12-04 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2009-12-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO N Health Congressional oversight Fraud offenses and financial crimes Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Medicaid Prescription drugs Rural conditions and development State and local government operations Health 00 2009-12-04 Introduced in Senate 2010-05-07T15:06:24Z Rural Health Access and Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to give priority to critical access hospitals in awarding grants to facilitate and expand the electronic movement and use of health information among organizations according to nationally recognized standards.

Expands the 340B drug discount program to allow participation as a covered entity by certain children's hospitals, critical access hospitals, rural referral centers, sole community hospitals, and rural health clinics.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report on the cost in each state of dispensing prescription drugs under the Medicaid program. Requires states to use the report to assess the adequacy of Medicaid pharmacy dispensing fees.

Repeals provisions terminating the grant program for the operation of state offices of rural health.

]]> Rural Health Access and Improvement Act of 2009 Display Title Rural Health Access and Improvement Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to give critical access hospitals priority in receiving grants to implement health information technology, to expand participation in the drug pricing agreement program under section 340B of the Public Health Service Act, to provide for a study and report on pharmacy dispensing fees under Medicaid, to provide for continuing funding for operation of State offices of rural health, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Rural Health Access and Improvement Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-12-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2838is/xml/BILLS-111s2838is.xml 2009-12-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.